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in that election. you may be less familiar with the second wave of research, which is appearing now and that's about the right time. we've got enough data and information. a number of monographs are coming up. mike alvarez and his colleagues have a recent book by david campbell, a number of articles. i know you don't want to spend your time reading academic work, but there's another wave of good policy oriented work coming out of a new generation of scholars produced. you know, graduate students at 2,002,004 another phd some scholars of the future. the future is bright for continued good work in this field. the second closing comment is pleased on election day survey. the election day survey senses is an absolutely vital piece of information, really the only consistent, reliable, natural source of comparative information we have about election performance in the united states. united states. undersecretary states and local officials don't like to respond to the survey, the processes and procedures have
in that election. you may be less familiar with the second wave of research, which is appearing now and that's about the right time. we've got enough data and information. a number of monographs are coming up. mike alvarez and his colleagues have a recent book by david campbell, a number of articles. i know you don't want to spend your time reading academic work, but there's another wave of good policy oriented work coming out of a new generation of scholars produced. you know, graduate...
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on election day. how many of us experience that line, that q. and the answer is, most of us vote absentee because of that responsibility. so one of the things i've tried to do over the years is ideal in advance to ago and i stand in line and i learned a lot. i learnt a lot by listening to people, but that may be something as a professional goal for each of us is experienced the line come experience the way, experience the location. all right? >> my name is lorenzo. i have almost 10 months experience in the selection process. i worked at a trainer and helped out with the helpdesk for the april primary and the may special election. in the general election i worked as a trainer and very reluctantly as an area rap. the area rep job, however, took me out of my -- after training and let me see really what happens out in the wild. so which really good experience that way. one of the things i observed is i thought that we had a never-ending supply of voters all day in d.c. they were much more orderly than i e
on election day. how many of us experience that line, that q. and the answer is, most of us vote absentee because of that responsibility. so one of the things i've tried to do over the years is ideal in advance to ago and i stand in line and i learned a lot. i learnt a lot by listening to people, but that may be something as a professional goal for each of us is experienced the line come experience the way, experience the location. all right? >> my name is lorenzo. i have almost 10 months...
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on election day. a few competitive statistics if you will. the high school with the highest percentage of election day workers was thurgood marshall with 74% of their kids registering. 74 turned up. that was great. lincoln and galileo and lowell was part of this program. i want to thank the students for this. i want to reach out to the families and the k-12 and universities. san francisco state we were able to register 3,000 students. and we had the highest number of provisional ballots. we had 600 on that campus. and so this upcoming year we have a few things on the agenda. the department of director is up for review. that is starting in may, and we are starting work on that already. the director is interested in improving accessibility issues. s -- we have requirements of the machines old. and we have received complaints of voters not able to access the cards or not seeing the ballots. so we will work on that this coming year. and is the other issue is the issue of privacy around voter information.
on election day. a few competitive statistics if you will. the high school with the highest percentage of election day workers was thurgood marshall with 74% of their kids registering. 74 turned up. that was great. lincoln and galileo and lowell was part of this program. i want to thank the students for this. i want to reach out to the families and the k-12 and universities. san francisco state we were able to register 3,000 students. and we had the highest number of provisional ballots. we had...
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election. this is 90 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. my name is a house miller. i am the director and chief operating officer of the elections commission. i want to thank you for being with us today. i wanted to care panelists. -- to thank our panelists. we're having a discussion on the 2012 elections, with -- and with the group we have gathered, we will be able to accomplish this easily and i want to inform the audience watching that we have an actor -- active twitter account that will be able to respond to questions. #beready2012. we have four panels of some of the representative cross-section of election workers, administrators, and research advocates as well as state and local election officials. in short, here to discuss the 2012 presidential election are observers of elections and those who monitor issues and process the operations associated with the elections administration. we are aware of the challenge put forth by the president in his election night speech addressing the long lin
election. this is 90 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. my name is a house miller. i am the director and chief operating officer of the elections commission. i want to thank you for being with us today. i wanted to care panelists. -- to thank our panelists. we're having a discussion on the 2012 elections, with -- and with the group we have gathered, we will be able to accomplish this easily and i want to inform the audience watching that we have an actor -- active twitter account that...
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that means it's an election year, and '96 was a presidential election year. those were the clinton years. so right, bill clinton was president. 1996 he was running for reelection. and in late august, that would mean we're getting close to labor day, which means it's getting to be time for the conventions. august 29th, 1996. here was on that date the white house press briefing. peter knight, the national campaign manage over the clinton/gore campaign, and leon panetta, who was white house chief of staff at the time. now he is secretary of defense. but then he was bill clinton's white house chief of staff. and on this date, on august 29th, 1996 in american politics, leon panetta was white house chief of staff. and that night his boss, bill clinton, was due to give his big speech, his speech at the democratic convention, accepting his party's nomination to be reelected president of the united states. huge day for the clinton white house, right? and on that date at the white house press briefing, seven of the first ten questions that leon panetta and company got
that means it's an election year, and '96 was a presidential election year. those were the clinton years. so right, bill clinton was president. 1996 he was running for reelection. and in late august, that would mean we're getting close to labor day, which means it's getting to be time for the conventions. august 29th, 1996. here was on that date the white house press briefing. peter knight, the national campaign manage over the clinton/gore campaign, and leon panetta, who was white house chief...
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don't go away. >> this is also a big election year in germany. the general election will not take place until the autumn, but political parties are already gearing up for a hectic year of campaigning. >> the social democrat or supporting open their pick, but he has plunged in the opinion polls. >> the campaign is barely under way, but already he is losing ground. no comment on why his support has plummeted in the latest poll by the biggest broadcaster. the 55% of the electorate would back angela merkel compared to 30% for the competitor. merkel's ratings are up and the competitor down 9%. the social democrats were hoping the election would turn them to government, but the numbers do not add up. asked about the level of competence, they give angela merkel top marks. previous the one of the most unpopular populations is now ahead. the leader of the free democratic party says they are just that 17%. it is a strong start to the year for angela merkel. despite concerns the ftp may not make it back, she now has her main rival firmly on their back foot.
don't go away. >> this is also a big election year in germany. the general election will not take place until the autumn, but political parties are already gearing up for a hectic year of campaigning. >> the social democrat or supporting open their pick, but he has plunged in the opinion polls. >> the campaign is barely under way, but already he is losing ground. no comment on why his support has plummeted in the latest poll by the biggest broadcaster. the 55% of the...
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they want an election in october from a regional elections in december. chÁvez has enormous compassion, generates sympathy among the venezuelan people. the government has the upper hand. as we just heard, henrique capriles is beginning to come out and make statements because i think people are getting ready for an election. i think the government probably has the edge, but that is the situation we are in. >> miguel tinker salas, you have questioned whether there is a constitutional crisis as much as the press reporting has made out, or whether this is really more a strategy of the opposition and external opponents of the chÁvez government. could you talk about that? >> sure. if this was any other country, we would not be having this conversation. those constitutions are very similar to the venezuelan constitution, which clearly states in article 231 a president cannot be inaugurated a for the national assembly on january 10, he or she can be sworn in and a subsequent time before the supreme court. the issue is that a constitutional crisis. although i th
they want an election in october from a regional elections in december. chÁvez has enormous compassion, generates sympathy among the venezuelan people. the government has the upper hand. as we just heard, henrique capriles is beginning to come out and make statements because i think people are getting ready for an election. i think the government probably has the edge, but that is the situation we are in. >> miguel tinker salas, you have questioned whether there is a constitutional...
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>> look, the election is going to occur in 2014. in the meantime, i've got my hands full trying to deal with all of the issues that we've been discussing here this morning. we'll worry about the election in 2014. >> all right.
>> look, the election is going to occur in 2014. in the meantime, i've got my hands full trying to deal with all of the issues that we've been discussing here this morning. we'll worry about the election in 2014. >> all right.
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the names of the supervisors who have been nominated for the election to the office a board president are: supervisor david chiu, supervisor cohen supervisor kim. board rule 5/20 states that the roll call vote will take place enough of a quarter. supervisor avalos will begin with you. please indicate your preference from among the money stated. >> president: we have a little bit of discussion. supervisor kim. >> supervisor kim: i want to thank my colleagues for the nomination and also thank numbers of the public who came out in support. i feel like i have home turf advantage but i did not ask anyone to come and vote. we cannot let this moment go by without some excitement. many of us walked into the room knowing what would be occurring today. and perhaps that vote will be historic in another way. malia and i did want to push the conversation about what leadership means and what it means to look at women leaders in the future. we have had meaningful conversations over the last couple of days about what it means to serve and be a woman in politics. and also some of the strength that we
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in in order to that we made elections and the revolution and elections to choose someone to the present us it turned out that this guy is also a tyrant himself and he has had lines may have been the stuff of imagination but that's the of twenty thirteen can bring any of them to life we seek out r.t. moscow. and i still on the way here not so you know we take you to a very special that russian orthodox village built by a priest for his adopted children all seventeen of them. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear sees some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. of. the world to the. science technology innovation hall believes developments from around russia we've got the future covered. something. lies beneath. thousands of meters of ice under a rock. that is a loser for many. but dangerous even to those who keep it at a distance.
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elected. there is the possibility that a judge and a majority and a minority inspector of elections can be elected in each precinct. so in the four-year election cycle we certify over 25,000 separate contests because many of ours run by precinct. the main administrative issue we saw in 2012 was one that didn't happen on election day. and by that i mean is that the state legislature at the beginning of 2012 passed a somewhat restrictive photo voter i.d. law that was to take full effect in the presidential election and was in place at the primary election but it was characterized to be a soft rollout where it wasn't required. it was just requested. the idea requirements -- i.d. requirements in pennsylvania it must be government issued. it must have a photograph and it basically is your driver's license, a passport, a local government issued picture i.d., or a state i.d. from an accredited state institution. and that's it. if you don't have that, you are going to be required to vote a provisional
elected. there is the possibility that a judge and a majority and a minority inspector of elections can be elected in each precinct. so in the four-year election cycle we certify over 25,000 separate contests because many of ours run by precinct. the main administrative issue we saw in 2012 was one that didn't happen on election day. and by that i mean is that the state legislature at the beginning of 2012 passed a somewhat restrictive photo voter i.d. law that was to take full effect in the...
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there are 38 governors up for election between now and the election. those are critical races for women and families in this country. we have seen the priorities of state legislatures across the country. in 2011 and 2012 we saw the greatest number of restrictions on women's do have access to health in the history of this country. we need to make sure we have good, strong, pro-choice women governors to draw the line in the sand. they need to be there to draw the line in the sand to protect women's health and block voter id laws. to make sure that workers' rights are protected. races have already begun at emily's list. i cannot believe that i want to say this, three pro-choice women running in the election right now, you may not know this, but this is exactly how the cycle started. emily's list was involved in four of these elections. we start early, right there in the name. do nothing but we are not looking seriously at 2016 and who will be running them. after the next cycle to come, i would like to open up about 2012 moving forward. thank you so much.
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you the united states the west is going to promote its interests if a people elect a government and that government is not a stabilizing effect in the region but is lobbing missiles at its neighbor then they're going to not be supported by the west they're going to be called to account for that and the united nations and any suggestion you know the one panelist says that everything in the in the west is bad and then it also says that we're responsible for everything either we do something and then it's bad or we don't do something it is bad that we didn't do something i mean i think that really is a every employee linda makes. stephen go ahead well firstly what i really wish the west has done of the west has done a lot for me the whiskey be a wonderful education when it was affordable the whiskey be everything that i have you know without without the west that i lived in i couldn't have what i have now there are a lot of wonderful things about the way as i pointed out before i see the very serious flaws and so i mean there are so many major ones there's not enough time to talk about them
you the united states the west is going to promote its interests if a people elect a government and that government is not a stabilizing effect in the region but is lobbing missiles at its neighbor then they're going to not be supported by the west they're going to be called to account for that and the united nations and any suggestion you know the one panelist says that everything in the in the west is bad and then it also says that we're responsible for everything either we do something and...
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that means it's an election year, and '96 was a presidential election year. those were the clinton years. so right, bill clinton was president. 1996 he was running for reelection. and in late august, that would mean we're getting close to labor day, which means it's getting to be time for the conventions. august 29th, 1996. here was on that date the white house press briefing. peter knight, the national campaign manage over the clinton/gore campaign, and leon panetta, who was white house chief of staff at the time. now he is secretary of defense. but then he was bill clinton's white house chief of staff. and on this date, on august 29th, 1996 in american politics, leon panetta was white house chief of staff. and that night his boss, bill clinton, was due to give his big speech, his speech at the democratic convention, accepting his party's nomination to be reelected president of the united states. huge day for the clinton white house, right? and on that date at the white house press briefing, seven of the first ten questions that leon panetta and company got
that means it's an election year, and '96 was a presidential election year. those were the clinton years. so right, bill clinton was president. 1996 he was running for reelection. and in late august, that would mean we're getting close to labor day, which means it's getting to be time for the conventions. august 29th, 1996. here was on that date the white house press briefing. peter knight, the national campaign manage over the clinton/gore campaign, and leon panetta, who was white house chief...
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>> well, again it's not necessarily the election of a person. that is not necessarily the goal of the committee or the committee would assert that is not their goal. it's to get them to run and, in fact you might have a committee whose goal is to get someone on the ballot, not to get them elected, but to get them on the ballot to drain votes away from someone else as to help someone else's chances of getting elected that the whole thing is a big trick. you know? we're all operating in good faith in this room, but there are others outside of this room that may not be or may or may not be watch this. >> what was the language? >> i think it makes it more parallel to no. 1 [#2*-/]. >> instead of the word "qualification," i would use "candidacy." >> i'm not sure if "candidacy" encompasses write-in or not? >> i don't like terminating the end of that sentence. >> presumably someone who has qualified -- that is the point i wanted to make more globally. the problem is the state law definition of "candidate." we can add this section in local law, which is
>> well, again it's not necessarily the election of a person. that is not necessarily the goal of the committee or the committee would assert that is not their goal. it's to get them to run and, in fact you might have a committee whose goal is to get someone on the ballot, not to get them elected, but to get them on the ballot to drain votes away from someone else as to help someone else's chances of getting elected that the whole thing is a big trick. you know? we're all operating in...
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official election of the order supervisors. districts 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11. and have been declared elected to that office. supervisor: mar, chiu, breed, campos, avalos. the second communication is a communication from the controller renewing the certification of the bond for the newly elected in the elected members of the board of supervisors. >> we will now proceed to the oath of office. >> i would like to welcome and introduce the honorable cynthia ming-mei lee, presiding judge, supuerior court of california. who will administer the oath of office to the following individuals: david campos eric mar john avaols myself mornam yee london breed. >> judge lee: good to be here. please come forward. would the supervisors being sworn in prer fer to stand? you all have to agree on. >> judge lee: would you all please raise your right hand? please state your name after "i". repeat after me. i do solemnly swear or affirm that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. and the constitution of the state of california. ag
official election of the order supervisors. districts 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11. and have been declared elected to that office. supervisor: mar, chiu, breed, campos, avalos. the second communication is a communication from the controller renewing the certification of the bond for the newly elected in the elected members of the board of supervisors. >> we will now proceed to the oath of office. >> i would like to welcome and introduce the honorable cynthia ming-mei lee, presiding judge,...
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have to run in general elections. generally they just have to win primaries. and the nominating process favors those most strident voices. and we saw it in the republican primary. one of the things that defeated romney he is had to move so far right to be the nominee, on immigration, on women's issues and so on that he essentially invalidated himself with large numbers of voters in order to be the nominee. >> rose: voters growing in importance. >> yes. and so you know, we see it playing out in the congress. where i think the readers of the republican party, in candid momentses would say we can't win a national election if we're tacking to the right on all these issues. but in order to maintain their leadership within the party, they have to be responsive to these strident voices. and i think it's a big problem for them. >> rose: is its president going to have an opportunity to be bold in the next four years? >> well -- >> or is he going to be tied down by fiscal issues in four years. >> well, i think that there are a
have to run in general elections. generally they just have to win primaries. and the nominating process favors those most strident voices. and we saw it in the republican primary. one of the things that defeated romney he is had to move so far right to be the nominee, on immigration, on women's issues and so on that he essentially invalidated himself with large numbers of voters in order to be the nominee. >> rose: voters growing in importance. >> yes. and so you know, we see it...
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because that election -- bad elections lead to that lawmakers. in 2012 taught us anything, is that we need campaign finance reform. democrats will amend the resolution to give the house a vote on a congressional -- constitutional amendment to control the corrupting influence of money on politics. the supreme court's citizens united decision opened the floodgates, and we are awash in a sea of millions of dollars of unregulated money drowning out the voice of individual citizens. politicians are increasingly beholden to wealthy special interests -- a multinational oil company that does not like a particular member of congress can just write a big, undisclosed check to americans for apple pie and puppies and watch the american advertising work its magic. there are a variety of ways to solve this problem. i introduced a amendment that would overturn citizens united and put a stop to the corporate personhood nonsense it represents. despite what governor romney said on the campaign trail, corporations are not people, and they do not deserve the same co
because that election -- bad elections lead to that lawmakers. in 2012 taught us anything, is that we need campaign finance reform. democrats will amend the resolution to give the house a vote on a congressional -- constitutional amendment to control the corrupting influence of money on politics. the supreme court's citizens united decision opened the floodgates, and we are awash in a sea of millions of dollars of unregulated money drowning out the voice of individual citizens. politicians are...
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in the order to that we made elections a revolution and elections to choose someone to the present us it turned out that this guy is also tired of themselves but he has had lines may have been the stuff of imagination but that's the of twenty thirteen can bring any of them to life we think our fellow r.t. moscow this week along was rubber stamped allowing the u.s. military to detain thomas suspects indefinitely including americans without charge or trial the national defense authorization act also extends the restrictions on transferring detainees out of gun time over nothing here but trying congressman dennis kucinich things the move is part of a pattern that undermines democracy. right now we're much more of a garrison and a garrison plus a powerful military which keeps asserting itself globally and it doesn't make america safer and frankly doesn't make the world safer we're spending upwards of six hundred billion dollars for an expanded pentagon presence for more war in afghanistan and for proliferation of war in in yemen and somalia and other places we have a lot of problems here
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>> look, the election is going to occur in 2014. in the meantime, i've got my hands full trying to deal with all of the issues that we've been discussing here this morning. we'll worry about the election in 2014. >> all right. leader mcconnell, thank you very much as always. >> thank you. >>> coming up here, the two men in washington who have studied the debt and the country's fiscal problems and actually came up with a plan to fix them. former senate alan simpson and erskine bowles. they were the co-chairs of the president's commission. they think washington missed a big opportunity with the fiscal cliff. so where do we go from here? i will ask them. >>> plus, reaction from our roundtable about the politics of this past week. who were the winners, the losers? joining me, freshman independent senator from maine angus king. former speaker newt gingrich. chair of the house democratic caucus, congressman xavier becerra. former head of hp carly fiorina. plus, ej dionne. it's all coming up. carly fiori. plus, >>> "meet the press" is brou
>> look, the election is going to occur in 2014. in the meantime, i've got my hands full trying to deal with all of the issues that we've been discussing here this morning. we'll worry about the election in 2014. >> all right. leader mcconnell, thank you very much as always. >> thank you. >>> coming up here, the two men in washington who have studied the debt and the country's fiscal problems and actually came up with a plan to fix them. former senate alan simpson and...
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one is that john boehner won re-election today. he was able to win even though there is a part of his caucus that is very much to the right, very conservative, and another part of his caucus, 85 members of the house republican conference voted to support the senate fiscal cliff deal. things are polarized, i'm not going to argue that. but the point is 85 republicans did vote for a deal, did vote for something that was bipartisan. does that mean everything is going to be perfect moving ahead? of course not. >> robert, costa's glass is half full, main is half empty. ezra, is your half full or empty. >> i don't have any water in my glass at all. if this fiscal cliff deal is success, that is not a good way to govern. it's not how to run a rail road. >> gentlemen, thank you for being here. >> thank you. >>> up next, a special farewell to members of congress we won't miss. and one or two we will in the "sideshow." if you want to follow me on twitter, you just need to figure out how to spell smerconish. this is "hardball," the place for po
one is that john boehner won re-election today. he was able to win even though there is a part of his caucus that is very much to the right, very conservative, and another part of his caucus, 85 members of the house republican conference voted to support the senate fiscal cliff deal. things are polarized, i'm not going to argue that. but the point is 85 republicans did vote for a deal, did vote for something that was bipartisan. does that mean everything is going to be perfect moving ahead? of...
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particularly our newly elected members. it's great honor to be elected and serve in this body. on election day our constituents went to their polling places and voted for us. we should be thankful for that. particularly so, far too many of our constituents regardless of their political leanings, voted on election day with unnecessarily burdensome, time consuming and unpleasant experience. in a home county in south carolina, voters reported waiting in line for over four hours. one young voter thought ahead of time, brought an ipad and watched the entire hunger games movie while in line. others understandably didn't have three hours to spare on a work day. in detroit, michigan, gina waited in lines for more than three hours before giving up. danielle wilkins voted after waiting four hours. in the county of florida -- she went to the polling place in the morning with her infant son. she decided to come back later. after finding babysitter, she returned in the afternoon at which point the line had grown to 5.5 hours. unable to be away from her infant son, she left without voting. a
particularly our newly elected members. it's great honor to be elected and serve in this body. on election day our constituents went to their polling places and voted for us. we should be thankful for that. particularly so, far too many of our constituents regardless of their political leanings, voted on election day with unnecessarily burdensome, time consuming and unpleasant experience. in a home county in south carolina, voters reported waiting in line for over four hours. one young voter...
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elections. i mean, there's a whole class of the american electorate somewhere approaching a third of registered voters who really only show up for presidential elections because they are the elections that people see as mattering. and i think what we're seeing at least in these cycles is a level of engagement in these groups that's been very persistent. i mean, i have to say that in the analysis we did preelection, i would not have expected the turnout levels among young voters and latino voters to be as high as it was four years ago. um, the fact that it was to me suggests something more fundamental is going on than just a kind of personal loyalty there. but i think we won't know until we see it, you know? i think this is one of the things that we'll all be kind of struggling with going into 2016 as to whether the fundamentals we see now are the new world or just a passing, passing pattern. >> michael, on behalf of the faculty, students, staff of taubman center, thank you so much for a fascinat
elections. i mean, there's a whole class of the american electorate somewhere approaching a third of registered voters who really only show up for presidential elections because they are the elections that people see as mattering. and i think what we're seeing at least in these cycles is a level of engagement in these groups that's been very persistent. i mean, i have to say that in the analysis we did preelection, i would not have expected the turnout levels among young voters and latino...
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in the order to that we made elections a revolution and elections to choose someone to the present us it turned out that this guy is also a tyrant himself and these headlines may have been the stuff of imagination but that sea of twenty thirteen can bring any of them to life. r.t. moscow and back with more news and headlines from the first week of twenty thirteen after this short break. the. blind motion would be soon which brightened if you knew about sound from feinstein pression. who for instance on t.v. dot com. something. law is beneath. thousands of meters of the ice bunch of rock. the lab. that is aloof from men. but dangerous even to those who keep it at a distance. it immediately. if. it leaks. such a. such. a and. play . up i absolutely. absolutely . it's been revealed that the f.b.i. knew of a penalty occupy wall street activists but didn't alert them to the potential but the movement brand. all cooperated together to monitor and investigate opic occupy wall street protesters as quote domestic terrorists and quote criminals now the more shocking revelation the headline of t
in the order to that we made elections a revolution and elections to choose someone to the present us it turned out that this guy is also a tyrant himself and these headlines may have been the stuff of imagination but that sea of twenty thirteen can bring any of them to life. r.t. moscow and back with more news and headlines from the first week of twenty thirteen after this short break. the. blind motion would be soon which brightened if you knew about sound from feinstein pression. who for...
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to election. the best evidence, to me, that the tea party movement is it's not here to stay, then at least matured, it's entered the bloodstream is by the voting behavior of congressmen. you see, you know, for example, you know, the ryan budget and, you know, on both times, both in 2011 and 2012 when it was up for a vote, all republicans who previously voted against it now vote for it. the reason for this is that if they failed to vote for it, they will be primaried by someone who gets to their right, and, in fact, one of the people that i write about in the book is a moderate republican named emerson in missouri, and she voted against a couple of things that, you know, voting behavior not deemed sufficiently red winged who wrote things saying, hey, tea party e -- party, here's a primary. that strikes into the heart of legislators. >> in fact, if governor romney loses, the response will be we told you so. >> exactly, enough with the moderates already, sir. >> assuming the gridlock, what do you see
to election. the best evidence, to me, that the tea party movement is it's not here to stay, then at least matured, it's entered the bloodstream is by the voting behavior of congressmen. you see, you know, for example, you know, the ryan budget and, you know, on both times, both in 2011 and 2012 when it was up for a vote, all republicans who previously voted against it now vote for it. the reason for this is that if they failed to vote for it, they will be primaried by someone who gets to their...
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be democratic but if you have an election we still don't like the outcome it sounds hypocritical why but again when those then we're going to have a deal with them whether the governments when it is time here david join jump in. now i just i just agree i agree with the point that that you know you accept what democracy has brought but you don't need to necessarily support the government and you can you can call on that new government for standards of governance for standards of governance for its own people for standards of governance in this relationship with its neighbors yes but david then then the palestinian people are being punished for voting the wrong way right. i don't see how they're being punishment for voting the wrong way ok well when i started i think it was all right stephen. king was under blockade ok because i know you hate me because of how gaza is i'm here in gaza resigned early in the illegal blockade when humanitarian missions try to come in these really navy intercepts them and murders humanitarian activists they murdered nine on a mission a couple of years ago
be democratic but if you have an election we still don't like the outcome it sounds hypocritical why but again when those then we're going to have a deal with them whether the governments when it is time here david join jump in. now i just i just agree i agree with the point that that you know you accept what democracy has brought but you don't need to necessarily support the government and you can you can call on that new government for standards of governance for standards of governance for...
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up for governor seats, up for elections between now and the election. and those are critical races for women and families in this country. we've already seen the priorities of state legislatures across the country in 2011 and 2012, we saw the greatest number of restrictions on access to held and our history. we need to make sure that we've got good, strong, prochoice democratic women governors to draw the line in the sand. they need to be there to draw the line in the sand to protect women's health, to block voter d. laws and to make sure our workers' rights are protected. they have much, much to do both on the economic and healthcare front. truthfully, even though it's january, races have already begun at emily's list. we've got a race right now, which is an open seat in the illinois second congressional district, and there are -- i can't believe it -- three prochoice democratic women running in that election right now. this starts early on emily's list, and this is almost exactly how our cycle started two years ago. last cycle it started with five hou
up for governor seats, up for elections between now and the election. and those are critical races for women and families in this country. we've already seen the priorities of state legislatures across the country in 2011 and 2012, we saw the greatest number of restrictions on access to held and our history. we need to make sure that we've got good, strong, prochoice democratic women governors to draw the line in the sand. they need to be there to draw the line in the sand to protect women's...
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(applause) >> president: supervisor london breed, newly elected to represent district 5. (applause) >> supervisor breed: so, i actually have -- thank you supervisor cohen -- i delivered a speech earlier today. i don't want to send you through all the motions. i'm going to say how excited i am to be here, how proud i am to be the district 5 supervisor, to represent the district that i call home my entire life. the city people at the swearing-in that we held this morning at 10 a.m.; to see my colleagues in the mayor, so many people from the community, my family, my friends it was truly an honor. i held is wearing in earlier because i did not want ms. johnson to walk to the chamber door and be turned away; i do not want the people that i grew up with, my friends and family, people that i was raised with to not have a seat; i want to introduce my special guests, my little brother, the rest of the family. how long is the other one going to be? we will see you later. will see you at the reception. my little brother is handicapped with me, paul, please stand. don't mess with me.
(applause) >> president: supervisor london breed, newly elected to represent district 5. (applause) >> supervisor breed: so, i actually have -- thank you supervisor cohen -- i delivered a speech earlier today. i don't want to send you through all the motions. i'm going to say how excited i am to be here, how proud i am to be the district 5 supervisor, to represent the district that i call home my entire life. the city people at the swearing-in that we held this morning at 10 a.m.;...
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in the order to that we made elections a revolution and elections to choose someone to the present us it turned out that this guy is also a tyrant himself and these headlines may have been the stuff of imagination but that sea of twenty thirteen can bring any of them to life we think nothing of r.t. moscow and after a short break we'll take a look at the people who prepared for the cause make calamity that never was the one apocalypse. join me on a journey to the heart of the kremlin to a place is hidden from the tourists you're going to meet some real kremlin insiders although they may not be the usual news makers you see on t.v. . eat. eat eat eat eat eat eat . download the official application to your cell phone choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's if you're away from your television just doesn't matter now with your mobile device you can watch on t.v. anytime anywhere. to least be told language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks about six of the i p interviews intriguing stories for you he
in the order to that we made elections a revolution and elections to choose someone to the present us it turned out that this guy is also a tyrant himself and these headlines may have been the stuff of imagination but that sea of twenty thirteen can bring any of them to life we think nothing of r.t. moscow and after a short break we'll take a look at the people who prepared for the cause make calamity that never was the one apocalypse. join me on a journey to the heart of the kremlin to a place...
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and not just legitimated in a squeaker but elected with majorities. re-elected with a majority. african-american. what's this mean? does this mean something big or does this mean something marginal? how do you see the potential for the next four years? >> i think it's huge. barack obama by winning the second time it symbolizes something that's greater than just being black or white or anything. you know, he just embodies where we're headed right now, and it's a big deal. it's a game changer. >> jeffrey, what do you want? what do you want for this president to make history? >> to make history? well -- >> if that's what you want. that's what i want. >> i actually had the opportunity to meet president obama when he was a state senator. i think it was late 2003, maybe early 200437 fir. first time i heard him speak. and at that time he said something that stayed with me. he said the democratic party needed to establish its core principles and stop reacting to the other guy, establish its principles and stick to them. and i think he has an opportunity now this term to really lead from
and not just legitimated in a squeaker but elected with majorities. re-elected with a majority. african-american. what's this mean? does this mean something big or does this mean something marginal? how do you see the potential for the next four years? >> i think it's huge. barack obama by winning the second time it symbolizes something that's greater than just being black or white or anything. you know, he just embodies where we're headed right now, and it's a big deal. it's a game...
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it's not to support the election of the that person. it's really more about getting them to be a qualified candidate and i'm actually thinking less about the draft someone over the summer or draft someone as a written that actually happened in 1999 in ammiano for mayor. i recall some of that, but try not to recall
it's not to support the election of the that person. it's really more about getting them to be a qualified candidate and i'm actually thinking less about the draft someone over the summer or draft someone as a written that actually happened in 1999 in ammiano for mayor. i recall some of that, but try not to recall
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and not just elected in a squeaker, but elected with majorities. re-elected with majority. african american. what's this mean? does this mean something big or marginal? >> i think it's huge. this is huge. barack obama winning the second time, it symbolizes something that's greater than just being black or white or anything. he just embodies where we're headed right now. it's a big deal. it's a game-changer. >> jeef re, what do you want? what do you want from this president's second year to make histo history? >> to make history. well, you know, i actually had the opportunity to meet president obama when he was a state senator, i think it was late 2003, early 2004. first time i heard him speak. at that time, he said something that stayed with me. he said the democratic party needed to establish its core principl principles, stop reacting to the other guy and i think he has an opportunity, now, this term, to really lead from that perspective, you know, to really define, you know, who we are not just for the sake of the democratic party, but to define who we are for the sake o
and not just elected in a squeaker, but elected with majorities. re-elected with majority. african american. what's this mean? does this mean something big or marginal? >> i think it's huge. this is huge. barack obama winning the second time, it symbolizes something that's greater than just being black or white or anything. he just embodies where we're headed right now. it's a big deal. it's a game-changer. >> jeef re, what do you want? what do you want from this president's second...
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there would have to be a special election. but then, john kerry didn't resign his senate seat, because 60 thousand people, or maybe we just should call them 60,000 recorded votes went the wrong way in 2004. and then the democrats were stuck with this law when ted kennedy got sick, very sick. when senator kennedy slipped into his final days in the senate, the massachusetts legislature rewrote the law again, because now they had a democratic governor. they thought it would look wicked bad if they just switched back to the way it was so they kept the special election. but they allowed the governor to appoint a temporary successor to senator kennedy's seat to fill the time it would take to have a special election. they actually figured that the governor would appoint someone who would then run for election and have the advantage of being an incumbent. but in fact that gave us the brief and honorable service of paul kirk, a former chairman of the national democratic party and a friend of kennedy. who was supposed to pass a key vote
there would have to be a special election. but then, john kerry didn't resign his senate seat, because 60 thousand people, or maybe we just should call them 60,000 recorded votes went the wrong way in 2004. and then the democrats were stuck with this law when ted kennedy got sick, very sick. when senator kennedy slipped into his final days in the senate, the massachusetts legislature rewrote the law again, because now they had a democratic governor. they thought it would look wicked bad if they...